“Good Ones” is the lead single of Charli XCX’s fifth studio album CRASH. The song was announced a month before its release. On her birthday, August 2, 2021, she revealed the cover art and tweeted:
my new song 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐬 arrives on September 2nd. get ready to surrender 🩸 pre save now. happy...
[Verse 1]
I wish you gave me a reason
That you were better at leavin'
That you got your kicks from seein' me low
I always let the good ones go
Don't want the kisses, unless they're bitter
I'm hooked on touches that leave me weaker
I swear that I love nothin' more than broke
I always let the good ones go
[Pre-Chorus]
And baby, you couldn't have loved me any better
But doin' this is all that I've known ever
I want the bad ones, 'causе they're all I know
I always let thе good ones go
[Chorus]
I always let the good ones go-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I let the good ones go-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I let the good ones
[Verse 2]
Let you down easy, I'm tryin'
'Cause you're everything I've spent my whole life fightin'
So when I walk away, it's not your fault
I always let the good ones go
[Pre-Chorus]
And baby, you couldn't have loved me any better
But doin' this is all that I've known ever
I want the bad ones 'cause they're all I know
I always let the good ones go
[Chorus]
I always let the good ones go-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Oh, oh)
I let the good ones go-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Yeah, yeah)
I let the good ones go-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
(And baby you couldn't have loved me any better, better, better)
I let the good ones go-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
(But doin' this is all that I've known ever, ever, ever)
I let the good ones go
Good Ones was written by Caroline Ailin & Charli XCX & Mattias Larsson & Noonie Bao & Oscar Holter & Robin Fredriksson.
Good Ones was produced by Oscar Holter.
Charli XCX released Good Ones on Thu Sep 02 2021.
Today, I, the inimitable Charli XCX, am releasing a brand new single ‘Good Ones’, accompanied by a twisted, dramatic and quite frankly electrifying music video.
The first single of my new chapter embraces all that my life has to offer in today’s world – fame, glamour, inner demons and global hits....
Yes! On September 10, 2021, a lyric video for the song was posted on Charli XCX’s YouTube channel.
This song is essentially about always kind of running away from people who are good for you and running towards the people who are dangerous, you know? Kind of going for bad people and maybe it’s because they’re a bit more fun and exciting… but also bad for you. And I think that’s something that eve...
I really wanted to make a statement with this video and really sort of come back to life in a new skin, I suppose, which is actually, I feel like most comfortable like this. Fans of mine who have been with me for a long time, they might be able to see similarities to that video to like how I kind of...
I think this song deserved to be bigger, but I will always think that of my work. But I do think it established the Cliffs Notes version of what the record is—it’s got a darkness to it, and it’s very pop. I like how drastic the jump was between coming out of how I’m feeling now into this, both sonic...